Kef Haroun (Pleistocene to of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (33.6° N, 7.7° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 7.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Oulad Aj J'mel Member (Kef El Haroun Formation), Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• Tyrrhenian

•Based on Rhodes et al (2006) and Textier et al (2002), I think this collection comes from the Kef El Haroun Fm., Oulad Aj J'mel member, which Rhodes et al (2006) dated as 400 +- 139 ka using optically stimulated luminescence (OSL). They indicate this could be MIS 9 or 11.

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Lecointre. 1952. Recherches sur le Neogene et le Quaternaire marins de la cote Atlantique du Maroc. Publications du Service geologique du Maroc 99(1,2):1-174 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127636: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 19.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Fossularca) lactea Linnaeus 1767 ark
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna pectinata Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima subauriculata Montagu 1808 file clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Parvicardium) nodosum Montague 1803 cockle
"Cardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina nitida Poli 1791 tellin clam
Tellina pulchella Lamarck 1818 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax vittatus da Costa 1778 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Petricola lithophaga, "Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis
"Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis Lamarck 1818 venus clam
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
"Montacuta bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata
"Montacuta bidentata" = Diarmaidia bidentata Montague 1803 clam
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
"Cylichna cylindracea" = Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Heterostropha - Rissoellidae
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula elongata Defrance 1819 snail
"Fissurella graeca" = Diodora graeca Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
Phasianella sp. Lamarck 1804 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium reticulatum da Costa 1778 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetus cristatus Martin 1879 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Circulus striatus Philippi 1836 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Barleeiidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Mangelia nebula Montagu 1803 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Ocinebrina) sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella oryza margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus, "Nassa (Cyclonassa) neritea" = Cyclope neritea
"Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus Müller 1773 snail
subspecies "N. incrassata var. senegalensis"
"Nassa (Cyclonassa) neritea" = Cyclope neritea Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae